Romans 12: 1-2 says, " I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."
This past week we talked about what it is not to be in the world and of the world. Today I want to talk about how to be a transformer instead of a conformer.
As Christians we will be pulls into two different directions. The world and all of its schemes are plans will try to pull us toward them and then there is Christ. When I think of the word conform I then of a mould. A mould is use to make a certain shape. You fill the mould up with some kind of liquid substance and when it drys you take it out of the mould and it looks just like the shape of the mould.
That's what it means to be conformed and the Bible tells us not to me shaped by the world but by Christ. The way we do that is by protecting our mind and feeding our minds the things of God. Psalm 119: 11 says, "I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you."
To know and do the will of God, to know the mind of Christ is to know His Word, the Bible. Next week we will talk about what the Bible is and what influence it should have over the believer but for today, begin reading and studying the Bible that you may be a transformer and not a conformer.
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